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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 2015)
Street Roots • Oct. 2-8, 2015 Poetry Page 14 G ra n n y by John R. Brown My left-handed, blue-eyed grandmother, born in Kalamazoo in eighteen eighty-seven, raised in Battle Creek by abolitionist Republicans, she was sixteen when Wilbur and Orville first flew and attended the Michigan Normal School where she learned to think for herself. She started her family during the World War and finally won the vote when she was thirty-three. She raised her two little girls through the Jazz Age and the Great Depression. Granny saw her youngest, (my mother) volunteer for and help to win the next World War. A dame with a backbone, my Granny, she lived through*the Red Scare, (not scared) the Cold War, (stayed warm) the Civil Rights movement, (about Goddamn time) and voted for Senator McCarthy, (Gene, not Joe). She read Cummings and Steinbeck and James Baldwin, befriended refugees, beatniks and hippies, and her left-handed, blue eyed grandson is grateful for any of her D.N.A., and of her influence. U n title d by Nathan Nielsen He wore a Nixon watch and Saucony kicks Lived In hotels and hospitals Used nicotine and caffeine Liked BHO and IPA Food stamps and an SRO Must survive the wait list OHP and MCJC failed me BHU with Silverman Left to pick up pieces ToaDNR THE MAGIC IS IN THE HOLE! Year Anniuersary A 2 2 SW 3 R D & B U R N S ID E 1501 NE DAVIS ! OPEN 24/7! Í 5 SUPPORTING STREET ROOTS SINCE 2 0 0 3 Concert _ _ featuring fllie Crenshaw > Saturday. October 17th. 9 0 IS Time: 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm ¡S PHC N orthwest jBeymd 5312 NE 148th Ave. Portland or 07220 ro m a n a , UK 97230 Free career training for persons w ith disabilities in janitorial a nd building maintenance Requirements: • e. • • • \ Documented proof of disability Proficiency in understanding and speaking English A tta in Pass criminal background check Pass drug test • • Disabilities: Physical, mental health, intellectual, developm ental, and learning Questions ? Please Call: (503) 261-1266 or (800) 874-7917 email: careers@phcnw.com ^Independent Publishing Resource Center j 10 0 1 Si Division St Portland, Oregon 97909 USflJ Costi SIO-125 sliding /c a le : JI5-S 25^ sliding scale at Uie door H o w to purchase tickets: .go to : h ttp ://w r a p c o n c e r t.b r o w n p a p e r tic k e ts .c o m g o to : w w w .w ra p h o m e .o rg e m a il us a t: m b eem e r@ w ra p h o m e.o rg call us a t: 5 0 3 -8 6 0 -9 8 8 0 Years of building power! (WmvSÆBffi
